[Eric Blair 2084]

The full bogus study is in the last hyperlink, but I'll reproduce it here as well:

Counting Costs and Calories; Measuring the Cost of Obesity to Texas Employers

And of course you had to love the obligatory alarmist quote from the Former Surgeon General/Current Arizona Day Spa Employee:

"Obesity is the terror within. Unless we do something about it, the magnitude of the dilemna will dwarf 9/11 or any other terrorist attempt."

Dr. Richard Carmona, Arizona Day Spa Massage Therapist

[Eric Blair 2084]

Big Brother, Nanny State, Grant Junky, Bogus Study, Junk Science, Social Engineering, Sheeple Control, Health Nazi Ping!!!

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[ronnie raygun]

I heard Murtha called in dead once!

[CindyDawg]

Calling in sick and tired of this.

[glorgau]

From Animal House:

"Fat, Drunk, And Stupid Is No Way To Go Through Life, Son".

[dragonblustar]

Rosie?

[boop]

It's going to be interesting when this takes hold and what laws will be passed against eating certain foods. Since smokers are a relatively small percentage of the population, it has been easy for the lifestyle nazis to take away their freedoms. Will they get away with it as easily with food? It will eventually happen, I'm afraid.

[AmericaUnited]

So what, you believe very obese people somehow are healthy and don't have significant health problems from their obesity?

[rob21]

If people want to be fat and disgusting, that's their own problem.

[Gabz]

Once a Nanny, always a nanny.

Nanny State Ping!

In Texas, no less...........

[elkfersupper]

I'm becoming increasingly certain that the goal of these kooks is to take us all back to subsistence farming and outhouses.

A natural outgrowth would be for some of us to make our own booze and grow our own tobacco as well.

[mysterio]

Smokers warned you.

[ozzymandus]

If this works, I may never have to work again!

[mewzilla]

Obesity highest in valley, cost Texas companies $3.3B in 2005

Guess whose hide that money's coming out of?